Revamping tank without destroying shrimps

[alex76]

Hi,

I got a 1' feet in office with 1" think of lapis sands since 3 yrs ago. Throughout these 3 yrs, I have either change the plants in it or change some fauna in it without touching the tank floor. For the past 6months, I have left it untouch with some plants (dunno the name) grown like a dense jungle and initially with few cherry shrimp, now, fully populated with it.

I feel like revamping the whole tank including cleaning the sands. But how do I do it without killing much of the shrimp (a lot of babies, even removing the plants might accidentally remove the shrimp fries that stick to it).

Any suggestions?

[eviltrain]

shrimp trap is the key

[alex76]

shrimp trap is the key

Sorry, how does it looks like? LFS has it?

[eviltrain]

1. Wash the empty sport drink bottle thoroughly with hot water. A sports drink bottle, like Gatorade or Vitamin Water, works best because it is wider than other plastic bottles and has a tapered area about 1/3 of the way down the bottle.
2. Using the knife, cut the bottle about 1/3 of the way down, at the tapered area of the bottle.
3. Cut a hole in the lid of the sports drink bottle that is large enough for shrimp to get through, but not large enough for any other fish to get through.
4. Place shrimp food inside the bottom of the bottle.
5. Replace the lid on the top of the bottle. Flip the top half of the bottle upside down and interlock it inside of the bottom half of the bottle. The lid should now be about one inch from the bottom of the bottle, nested inside.
6. Poke several small holes with a pin on the bottom of your bottle.
7. Wait one to two hours and your shrimp should be collected in the

Tips & Warnings

• Be careful removing the trap as water will come out of the pin holes.
• If you do not place pin holes in the bottom of the trap, your shrimp may die from lack of oxygen if left in the trap for too long.

abstract from http://www.ehow.com/how_5059314_make-shrimp-trap.html

if you are still not sure, you can youtube for shrimp trap

http://www.aquaticquotient.com/forum...94&postcount=1

this is the in house DIY shrimp trap

[alex76]

Hey, thanks

[eviltrain]

well , thanks google and youtube.

[zonkkie]

Hey, I am not sure of the hotwater piece. Most drink bottles are plastic which might degrade and leach chemicals with could be dangerous to shrimps.